Robbie Williams is heading back into the studio, recording one last album for a label he doesn't seem to like very much.

The singer – who has been writing songs since last year – plans to complete his £80m EMI contract and then go his own way, his managers told Music Week. "The elephant needs to leave the room, the elephant being the record company," David Enthoven said.

Williams also continues to spurn the possibility an elephantine Take That reunion, though there are rumours he will join them at Wembley Stadium in July. For the most part, he has been working with smaller personalities – songwriter Guy Chambers, who co-wrote Angels and Let Me Entertain You, and Manchester dance producers Soul Mekanik, who remixed 2006's Rudebox.

There is also "a very interesting song" written with Mark Ronson, co-manager Tim Clark said. Neither Ronson nor Soul Mekanik are signed on to produce the album, though "[Robbie is] talking to a lot of interesting people," Clark said.

Williams will head into the studio in March or April, his managers said. But while his next album will be a major label release, don't expect Williams to continue in that mode. It "makes no sense" for the pop star to sign a conventional label deal, Clark insisted. "The old-fashioned record deal is not something that Robbie Williams would consider." At the very least, it's got too many elephants.